document_title: X-Men: Apocalypse

question_text: who plays apocalypse in the movie x-men apocalypse

text: X-Men: Apocalypse

text: Plot[edit]

text: En Sabah Nur, a powerful mutant believed to be the first of his kind, rules ancient Egypt until he is betrayed by his worshippers, who entomb him alive. His four lieutenants die preserving him. Awakening in 1983, he believes humanity has lost its way without his presence. Aiming to destroy and remake the world, he recruits a Cairo pickpocket Ororo Munroe, who can control the weather, and upgrades her power.

text: In East Berlin, shape-shifting mutant Raven investigates an underground fight club and discovers Kurt Wagner, a blue skinned mutant who can teleport. Raven rescues Kurt and requests black marketeer Caliban to transport him to America. En Sabah Nur recruits Caliban's enforcer, Psylocke, who leads him to mutant-fighting champion Angel. En Sabah Nur enhances both of their powers, transforming Angel's wings into metal.

text: Alex Summers discovers that his younger brother Scott is manifesting a mutation for shooting optic beams. Alex takes Scott to Professor Charles Xavier's educational institute in Westchester County, New York, hoping that Xavier and Hank McCoy will teach him to control his abilities. Scott meets the telepathic and telekinetic Jean Grey, and the two develop an attraction, while Raven brings Kurt to the institute. En Sabah Nur's powers cause disturbances around the world, leading Xavier and Alex to consult with CIA operative Moira MacTaggert, who has been researching the legend of Nur.

text: In Communist Poland, the metal-controlling mutant Erik Lehnsherr lives with his wife and their young daughter, Nina. When En Sabah Nur's resurrection causes a worldwide earthquake, he uses his powers to save a coworker, prompting the militia to capture him. When one of them shoots and kills Erik's family, Erik retaliates by killing the entire militia.

text: En Sabah Nur later approaches the devastated Erik and takes him to Auschwitz, where Erik's power first manifested. Persuaded by En Sabah Nur, Erik has his powers enhanced, destroys the camp, and joins En Sabah Nur. En Sabah Nur remotely accesses Cerebro, a brainwave-amplifying device Xavier uses to locate mutants and forces the telepathic Xavier to make the global superpowers launch their entire nuclear arsenals into space to prevent interference with En Sabah Nur's plan. He and his new Four Horsemen arrive at the mansion and kidnap Xavier. Attempting to stop them, Alex accidentally causes an explosion that destroys the mansion. Peter Maximoff, having realized that he is Erik's biological son and hoping that Xavier can help to find him, arrives just in time; he uses his super-speed to evacuate the students and teachers before the explosion destroys the building, but fails to save Alex, who dies in the explosion. Colonel William Stryker's forces subsequently capture Hank, Raven, Peter, and Moira, and take them to a military facility for interrogation. Scott, Jean, and Kurt follow covertly, and liberate their comrades using Stryker's brainwashed experiment Weapon X, whose memories Jean partially restores.

text: At En Sabah Nur's behest, Erik uses his powers to control the Earth's magnetic poles, causing destruction across the planet. Sabah Nur plans to transfer his consciousness into Xavier's body, and use Xavier's power to enslave every person on Earth. Xavier secretly sends a telepathic distress call to Jean, and the others travel to Cairo to battle Sabah Nur and his horsemen. They rescue Xavier in a plane, but he loses his hair as the process nears completion. Angel and Psylocke attack the plane and Nightcrawler teleports them away. As the plane crashes, Psylocke jumps to safety while Angel is killed in the plane crash.

text: Erik and Ororo are persuaded to turn on En Sabah Nur and, with the help of Scott, they keep him occupied physically, while Xavier fights him telepathically in the astral plane. Finally, Xavier encourages Jean to unleash the full extent of her powers, incinerating En Sabah Nur, killing him for good, while Psylocke escapes. Xavier and Moira rekindle their relationship. Erik and Jean help reconstruct the school, but Erik refuses Xavier's offer to stay and help teach. Peter decides not to tell Erik yet that he is Erik's son. Using confiscated Sentinels,[4] Hank and Raven train the new X-Men recruits: Scott, Jean, Ororo, Kurt, and Peter.

text: In a post-credits scene, men in black suits visit the Weapon X facility to retrieve data on Stryker's mutant research, including an X-ray and a blood sample marked "Weapon X", on behalf of the Essex Corporation.

text: Cast[edit]

text:
James McAvoy as Charles Xavier / Professor X: A mutant pacifist and the world's most powerful telepath, who is the founder of Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters and leads the team of mutants known as the X-Men, in order to protect humankind and battle against the deadly enemy within. McAvoy shaved his head for the role.[5]
Michael Fassbender as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto: A mutant Auschwitz survivor with the ability to control magnetic fields and manipulate metal, who was once Xavier's closest ally and best friend until his belief that mankind and mutantkind would never coexist led to their separation. He is globally infamous for attempting to assassinate U.S. President Richard Nixon on live broadcast 10 years prior. Bill Milner appears in archival footage as a Young Erik.
Jennifer Lawrence as Raven / Mystique: A mutant with shapeshifting abilities, globally renowned for saving Nixon's life 10 years prior. She is also Xavier's once closest ally and his adopted sister. Lawrence said, "she hears about what happened to Erik and she wants to seek him out and help him."[6]
Oscar Isaac as En Sabah Nur / Apocalypse: Born in ancient times, and presumably the world's first mutant, he has a variety of destructive superhuman abilities, including telekinesis, cyberpathy, teleportation, and the ability to augment other mutants' abilities. Isaac described Apocalypse as the "creative-slash-destructive force of the Earth." He added, "When things start to go awry, or when things seem like they're not moving towards evolution, [Apocalypse] destroys those civilizations."[6] Isaac had to go through extensive makeup and prosthetics applications, and wore high-heeled boots to appear taller and a 40-pound suit. The full costume was uncomfortable, particularly in the humid environment of the outdoor scenes, which forced Isaac to go to a cooling tent between takes. Apocalypse's previous old-form (seen at the beginning of the film) was played by Berdj Garabedian, a 70-year-old Canadian real estate agent in his first credited film role.[7]
Nicholas Hoult as Hank McCoy / Beast: A mutant with leonine attributes, prehensile feet and superhuman physical abilities. Hank acts as a teacher in Xavier's school and he builds inventions for troubled students. He also built the X-Jet.[8]
Rose Byrne as Moira MacTaggert: A CIA operative who first met and fell in love with Xavier in X-Men: First Class, where he wiped portions of her memories of him and the X-Men at the end. Simon Kinberg said they are "essentially, strangers" when they meet in this film.[9]
Evan Peters as Peter Maximoff / Quicksilver: A mutant who can move, think, and perceive at hypersonic speeds, and the son of Magneto. Describing the relationship between Quicksilver and Magneto, Peters stated, "I have learned that he's my father at this point and I am trying to ... I don’t know what I can say. I'm trying to ... Yeah. It's like an adoptive child or any kind of child who has a strange father trying to ... He knows who he is now so he is trying to find him. He's been searching for him. It's been 10 years and he hasn't found him and then something happens."[10]
Tye Sheridan as Scott Summers / Cyclops: A mutant who fires destructive optic beams and wears a visor or sunglasses to stabilize and contain them, and who is the younger brother of Havok. Sheridan describes Cyclops as "angry and a bit lost." He added, "He's now learning about being a mutant and trying to handle his powers."[11]
Sophie Turner as Jean Grey: A mutant who is scared of her telepathic and telekinetic power, and one of Charles Xavier's most prized students.[12] Turner states that she was cast in the film because of the "dark side" of her character Sansa Stark in Game of Thrones. She compared Jean to Sansa and described being an outcast in the human world, who struggles with her power and gift, the same way Sansa, who wanted to live a normal life, felt.[13] Turner learned archery in preparation for the role.[14]
Olivia Munn as Psylocke: A mutant with telepathic, telekinetic and psionic abilities. Her abilities also include projecting purple psychic energy, usually into the form of an energy blade that can burn through metal. Munn described Psylocke as "very lethal, very powerful and very strong."[15] She practiced sword fighting in preparation for the role.[16]
Kodi Smit-McPhee as Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler:[17] A German[12] teleporting mutant and one of Charles Xavier's new students. Singer said Nightcrawler is a source of comic relief.[18]
Alexandra Shipp as Ororo Munroe / Storm: A young mutant orphan who can control weather. Storm is discovered by Apocalypse in Cairo. Shipp shaved her head partially, and sported a Mohawk for the role.[19][20]
Lucas Till as Alex Summers / Havok: A mutant who has the ability to absorb energy and release it with destructive force from his body, and the older brother of Cyclops.
Josh Helman as Colonel William Stryker: A military officer who hates mutants and has, in the ten years since Days of Future Past, been developing his own plans for resolving "the mutant problem”.[8]
Ben Hardy as Angel: A mutant with bird-like feathered wings, gaining metallic wings which can also be used as razor sharp projectiles as a result, similar to his Archangel counterpart in the comics.[21] Hardy practiced indoor skydiving in preparation for his role.[22]
Lana Condor as Jubilee: A mutant student at Charles's school who has the ability to create psionic energy plasmoids.[12][23] Discussing her first day on X-Men: Apocalypse, Condor says: "I was very new and it was my first role. I'd never been on a set before or in front of a camera, so I didn't know what to expect. The first day we shot scenes in an 80s-themed mall with hundreds of extras in 80s gear, plus crew and cameras. It was surreal." She also discussed the character of Jubilee and how she became the mutant: "It's a lot easier when you have the costume, as that helps bring everything to life. She has her iconic yellow jacket, which is a staple. It's very bold and confident, like her. A lot of her costumes are super 80s. I also listened to music from the 80s and that helped."[24]

text: Tómas Lemarquis portrays Caliban, a mutant with the ability to sense and track other mutants.[25] Wrestler "Giant" Gustav Claude Ouimet plays The Blob, Angel's opponent in an underground fight club.[26][27] Monique Ganderton portrays one of En Sabah Nur's original lieutenants, Death.

text: Hugh Jackman makes an uncredited appearance as Logan / Wolverine, in his Weapon X form. In that same scene, director Bryan Singer cameos as a guard who is killed by Wolverine as he attempts to escape the complex.[28] X-Men co-creator Stan Lee and his wife Joan B. Lee make a cameo appearance together, as bystanders witnessing the launch of nuclear missiles worldwide; this was Joan's last film before her death the following year.[29] Željko Ivanek cameos as a Pentagon scientist.[30] In a deleted scene, Scott shows Jean a record from Dazzler. The scene is not in the theatrical film, but is included on the home video release.[31]

text: Archive footage was used of Caleb Landry Jones as Sean Cassidy / Banshee, journalist Jessica Savitch and actors Leslie Parrish and Michael Forest (the latter two appearing in footage with dialogue from the 1967 Star Trek episode "Who Mourns for Adonais?").[32]

text: Production[edit]

text: Development[edit]

text: The film was announced by Bryan Singer in December 2013 via Twitter, before Days of Future Past was released to theaters.[33] In the same month, Simon Kinberg, Dan Harris, and Michael Dougherty were revealed by Singer to be attached to work on the film's story.[34] According to Singer, the film would focus on the origin of the mutants, and features the younger versions of Cyclops, Jean Grey, and Storm.[35][36] Singer also said that he was considering Gambit and a younger version of Nightcrawler to appear.[37] According to Kinberg, it would take place in 1983, and completes a trilogy that began with 2011's X-Men: First Class.[38][39] In September 2014, 20th Century Fox officially announced that Singer would direct the film.[40] Singer has called the film "kind of a conclusion of six X-Men films, yet a potential rebirth of younger, newer characters" and the "true birth of the X-Men".[41]

text: Writing[edit]

text:
It will address historical mutant-cy, meaning the deep past, mutant origins and things like that. It’s something that's always intrigued me when we think about our Gods and our history and miracles and powers.
—Bryan Singer on what will be seen in X-Men: Apocalypse.[35]

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text: Singer said that Apocalypse is the main focus of the film. Kinberg said that the younger versions of Scott Summers, Storm, and Jean Grey appearing in the film are "as much a part of the film as the main cast". He described Summers as "not yet the squeaky-clean leader", Storm as a "troubled character who is going down the wrong path in life", and Grey as "complex, interesting and not fully mature."[42] Kinberg also said that the film delivers on the dramatic story and emotion of the last two films and that it acts like the culmination of the main characters portrayed by Lawrence, McAvoy, Fassbender and Hoult.[43] Kinberg said First Class, Days of Future Past, and Apocalypse formed a trilogy about Mystique, explaining,

text: "She starts in First Class entirely on Charles’ side, ends up following Erik, and we then find her in Days of Future Past and she’s on her own because Erik is gone. She’s on her own side in that movie but is drawn toward Charles by the end of the film and shoots Erik. Then in Apocalypse she comes back to Charles. There’s a full circle narrative over the span of this little trilogy that is about Mystique from beginning with Charles in the mansion and ending with Charles in the mansion, but not as the same timid little girl we met in First Class."[44]

text: Kinberg was paid $8 million for writing the script, the same amount he received for X-Men: Days of Future Past.[45] The plot was partially inspired by the 1986 X-Men story arc "The Fall of the Mutants".[46]

text: Casting[edit]

text: In October 2014, casting for X-Men: Apocalypse began.[47] In November, Singer confirmed that Oscar Isaac would portray Apocalypse.[48] In January 2015, Singer announced that Alexandra Shipp, Sophie Turner, and Tye Sheridan would portray young Storm, Jean, and Cyclops, respectively.[49] The same month, Kinberg confirmed that Rose Byrne would reprise her role as Moira MacTaggert in the film.[9] In February, Kodi Smit-McPhee was cast as Nightcrawler and Ben Hardy was cast in an unspecified role.[17][50] In March, Singer announced that Lana Condor was cast as Jubilation Lee.[51] In April, Singer confirmed that Hardy would portray Angel, Olivia Munn would portray Psylocke, and Lucas Till would return as Havok.[21][52][53] In May, Singer announced that the mutant Caliban would appear in the film.[54][55] In July, Hoult revealed on Conan that Josh Helman would return as William Stryker.[56] In April 2016, Hugh Jackman confirmed that he would make a cameo appearance as Wolverine.[57]

text: Filming[edit]

text: Principal photography commenced on April 27, 2015, in Montreal, Canada.[58] In late August, the first-unit production for the film wrapped.[59] Additional filming took place in January 2016.[60]

text: Australia-based Rising Sun Pictures provided, as it did for X-Men: Days of Future Past, the effects for Quicksilver's time-stopping, quick motion effects in the mansion rescue scene, and also other effects, including when Cyclops splits Professor Xavier's favorite tree in half.[61] Aerial footage of snow-capped mountains as Stryker traveled in his helicopter to the secret base was provided by SmartDrones of St. Albert, Alberta, Canada.[62]

text: Music[edit]

text: On March 2, 2015, it was announced that John Ottman, who composed the scores for X2 and X-Men: Days of Future Past, would return to write and compose the score for Apocalypse. On May 20, 2016, the official soundtrack was released as a digital download. In addition to Ottman's score, the film features a remix of the second movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's seventh symphony entitled "Beethoven Havok" and two songs contemporary to the film's 1983 setting, "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" by Eurythmics and "The Four Horsemen" by Metallica.[63]

text: Marketing[edit]

text: In July 2015, Singer, Lee, Hugh Jackman and cast-members McAvoy, Fassbender, Lawrence, Isaac, Hoult, Munn, Peters, Smit-McPhee, Turner, Sheridan, Shipp, Condor, Till and Hardy gave a presentation at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con International, together with the release of the film's first teaser poster, featuring En Sabah Nur and a wreckage of the X-Mansion.[64] Footage from the film was screened.[65]

text: In October 2015, Mars Chocolate partnered with 20th Century Fox for the marketing of the film, using M&M chocolates in their promotional materials. The deal included retail displays and special packaging markings, TV and cinema commercials, and social media posts featuring M&M's characters mixed with elements of the X-Men. The first image of M&M candies wearing Storm and Magneto costumes was released on the day of the announcement.[66]

text: In December 2015, Kia Motors collaborated with 20th Century Fox to create a custom Kia Sportage to promote the film. Designed after Mystique, the car was revealed at the 2016 Australian Open. It is Kia's second "X-Car" project after the Kia Sorento customized for the home media release of Days of Future Past and the 2015 Australian Open.[67][68][69][70] A trailer released in the same month received criticism from Rajan Zed, a United States-based Hindu cleric, who stated that the part where Apocalypse claims himself to have been called "Krishna" was an offense to the Hindu religion, and demanded that Singer remove all references to Krishna from the trailer, and the film itself.[71][72] The references to Krishna were removed from the film's final cut.[73] On January 4, 2016, Kia Motors released the first promo video of the car, featuring Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal.[74]

text: Concerning the character Apocalypse, the director Bryan Singer has said,

text: The way I describe him the most, the best is he to me is the God of the Old Testament and all that comes with that. If there isn’t the order and the worship then I’ll open up the Earth and swallow you whole, and that was the God of the Old Testament. I started from there and when Oscar and I met we began discussing, since he isn’t really God, he’s the first mutant perhaps, but he’s not God necessarily, he’s imbued with certain unique powers. Some of them may or may not be from this Earth, we don’t know.[75][76]

text: In April 2016, Coldwell Banker partnered with 20th Century Fox to list the X-Mansion for $75 million.[77] The fictional listing included a video tour of the mansion and stories of the home from the perspective of characters such as Charles Xavier and Scott Summers. The fake property was listed by agent Kala V. Rhomedren, an anagram for Raven Darkholme.[78][79] That same month, Fox released a faux TV show called "In the Footsteps of..." narrated by George Takei which is inspired by the classic TV series In Search of... that focus on En Sabah Nur's origins.[80][81][82] In May 2016, Fox released a faux TV Commercial for the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters with Lana Condor as Jubilee. They also released a video voiced mail message a week later and a faux TV show called Fables of the Flush & Fabulous with Robin Leach which is inspired by Leach's show Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous.[83][84][85][86]

text: Billboard controversy[edit]

text: Billboards in Los Angeles and New York City promoting the film garnered controversy for showing an image of Apocalypse choking Mystique, with critics saying the ad advocates violence against women. Among those opposed to the material was actress Rose McGowan, who told The Hollywood Reporter: "There is a major problem when the men and women at 20th Century Fox think casual violence against women is the way to market a film. There is no context in the ad, just a woman getting strangled. The fact that no one flagged this is offensive and frankly, stupid."[87] In apologizing for the billboard, Fox said it intended to remove the image from circulation.[88]

text: Release[edit]

text: X-Men: Apocalypse had its world premiere in London on May 9, 2016. The film was released in 20,796 screens across 76 international markets on May 18, 2016,[89][90] one week before its North American debut. Apocalypse was issued both 3D and 2D formats, and in IMAX 3D in select international markets, using the DMR process.[91][92] It opened in Korea on May 25 and in China on June 3. It was released in Japan on August 11.[89]

text: Home media[edit]

text: The film was released by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment on digital download on September 9, 2016, and on DVD, Blu-ray, 3D Blu-Ray and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray on October 4, 2016.[93] The film topped the national home video sales charts for the week ending on October 9, 2016.[94]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Box office[edit]

text: X-Men: Apocalypse grossed $155.4 million in the U.S. and Canada and $388.5 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $543.9 million against a budget of $178 million.[2] The film is the fourth-highest-grossing film in the X-Men series (without adjusting for inflation), behind Deadpool, Logan, and X-Men: Days of Future Past.[95] It made 27% less than Days of Future Past.[96]

text: X-Men: Apocalypse opened in the United States on May 27, 2016 alongside Alice Through the Looking Glass and was projected to gross around $80 million from 4,150 theaters in its opening weekend, and up to $100 million over the four-day Memorial Day weekend.[97][98] It made $8.2 million from Thursday previews at 3,565 theaters (better than its predecessor at $8.1 million).[99][100] On its opening day it earned $26.4 million (including previews), the fourth-lowest opening day amount of the franchise.[101] In its opening weekend, it grossed $65.8 million.[102][103] Over the four-day Memorial weekend it earned $79.8 million,[104] including $9 million from 480 premium large format screens and $19 million from RealD screens.[105] In its second weekend the film grossed $22.3 million (a drop of 66.1%), finishing second at the box office behind Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows.[106]

text: Elsewhere, X-Men: Apocalypse was released one week before the United States in 76 markets, and grossed $101.5 million from 20,796 screens over the May 18 weekend. It debuted at No. 1 in 71 of those markets, with IMAX contributing $5 million from 246 screens in 57 markets, while RealD took in $18.4 million.[89] It broke opening records for Fox in the Philippines ($4.9 million), India ($3.4 million), Indonesia ($3.1 million), Singapore ($2.8 million), Thailand ($2.7 million) and Colombia ($1.9 million), and had the biggest opening in the X-Men franchise in 33 markets, including Russia ($6.5 million).[89] Its top openings were the United Kingdom ($10.5 million), Mexico ($8.6 million), Brazil ($6.6 million), Russia ($6.5 million) and France ($5.9 million).[89] It opened in China on June 3 and brought in $59 million, the second-largest Fox opening in China and $20 million more than Days of Future Past.[107] It opened next in Japan on August 11.[89]

text: Critical response[edit]

text: X-Men: Apocalypse received mixed reviews from critics.[108] On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 48% based on 305 reviews, with an average rating of 5.7/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Overloaded action and a cliched villain take the focus away from otherwise strong performers and resonant themes, making X-Men: Apocalypse a middling chapter of the venerable superhero franchise."[109] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 52 out of 100, based on 48 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[110] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.[111]

text: Ignatiy Vishnevetsky of The A.V. Club commented, "Much of what makes X-Men: Apocalypse legitimately interesting also makes it frustrating and lopsided, since Singer and screenwriter-producer Simon Kinberg remain committed to the structure of an overlong comic-book blockbuster, complete with a climax in which the world has to be saved using as many different colors of energy beam as possible."[112] Mike Ryan of Uproxx disparaged the film's story as redundant and stale, arguing "I get it: Life is hard for mutants. We all get it. It’s literally the only thing mutants ever seem to talk about. It is odd that other superheroes seem to get to have some fun, but never the X-Men. Here we are, 16 years later, and everyone involved is still sad. It feels repetitive."[113] Scott Mendelson of Forbes wrote, "X-Men: Apocalypse is the kind of weightless, soulless trifle of a bore that makes comic book superhero movies look bad and makes me not look forward to the next installment."[114] Helen O'Hara of Empire criticized the performances of the main cast and stated that the film felt "messier and heavier than Days of Future Past."[115]

text: On the other hand, Mick LaSalle from the San Francisco Chronicle gave the film a positive review, calling it "a thinking person's action movie" and complimenting its high stakes.[116] Richard Roeper called the film "a visual feast" and lauded its cast, saying "Even the hardcore geeks who like to get their Comic-Con on might be feeling a little superhero fatigue right about now. Still. You owe it to yourself to see Quicksilver do his thing."[117]

text: Accolades[edit]

text:
List of awards and nominations

Year

Award

Category

Recipient(s)

Result

Ref.

2016

AACTA Awards

Best Visual Effects or Animation

John Dykstra, Matt Sloan, Blondel Aidoo, Stephen Hamilton, Tim Crosbie and Dennis Jones

Nominated

[118][119]

Hollywood Music in Media Awards

Best Original Score – Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film

John Ottman

Nominated

[120][121]

Spike Guys' Choice Awards

Jean-Claude Gahd Dam

Olivia Munn

Won

[122]

Teen Choice Awards

Choice Summer Movie

X-Men: Apocalypse

Nominated

[123]

Choice Movie: Hissy Fit

Hugh Jackman

Nominated

Choice Movie: Scene Stealer

Evan Peters

Nominated

Choice Movie: Breakout Star

Alexandra Shipp

Nominated

2017

Golden Tomato Awards

Best Comic Book/Graphic Novel Movie 2016

X-Men: Apocalypse

4th Place

[124]

People's Choice Awards

Favorite Movie Actress

Jennifer Lawrence

Won

[125]

Favorite Action Movie Actress

Nominated

Favorite Action Movie

X-Men: Apocalypse

Nominated

Saturn Awards

Best Comic-to-Film Motion Picture

X-Men: Apocalypse

Nominated

[126]

Best Director

Bryan Singer

Nominated

Best Make-up

Charles Carter, Rita Ciccozzi and Rosalina Da Silva

Nominated

Visual Effects Society Awards

Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Feature

"Quicksilver Rescue" – Jess Burnheim, Alana Newell, Andy Peel and Matthew Shaw

Nominated

[127]

Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards

Favorite Squad

James McAvoy, Alexandra Shipp, Sophie Turner, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, Nicholas Hoult, Evan Peters, Tye Sheridan, Ben Hardy, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Olivia Munn

Nominated

[128]

text: Sequel[edit]

text: In May 2016, Simon Kinberg said the next X-Men film would be set in the 1990s.[129] He separately said the post-credits scene mentioning the Essex Corporation was related to Logan, and that it could have ties to Gambit as well as the following X-Men film.[130] Bryan Singer said he would be interested in having the villain Proteus in an X-Men film.[131] He also said he will be stepping away from the franchise but could envision returning to it at a later date in some capacity.[132] In February 2017, Sophie Turner said production on the next film would begin soon.[133] On April 22, 2017, 20th Century Fox announced that the film's sequel, Dark Phoenix, is scheduled for release on February 14, 2019.[134][135] In June 2017, it was announced that Kinberg had signed on as director and that Lawrence, Fassbender, McAvoy, Hoult, Shipp, Turner, Sheridan, Smit-McPhee, Munn, and Peters would all be reprising their roles.[136][137]


document_title: Star Trek Beyond

question_text: who plays krall in the new star trek

question_tokens: who plays krall in the new star trek

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text: Star Trek Beyond

text: Plot[edit]

text: Three years into its mission, the USS Enterprise arrives at Yorktown, a massive space station, for resupply and shore leave for her crew. Struggling to find meaning in their endless exploration, Captain James T. Kirk has applied for a promotion to vice admiral; he recommends Spock as his replacement. Meanwhile, Hikaru Sulu reunites with his family, Montgomery Scott works to keep the ship operational, and Spock and Nyota Uhura amicably end their relationship; Spock also receives word from New Vulcan that Ambassador Spock, his counterpart from the original timeline, has died.

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text: The Enterprise is sent on a rescue mission after an escape pod drifts out of a nearby uncharted nebula. Its occupant, Kalara, claims her ship is stranded on Altamid, a planet in the nebula. As the Enterprise exits an asteroid field within the nebula, a massive swarm of small ships ambushes and quickly overwhelms the starship, disconnecting the ship's warp nacelles in a matter of seconds. The swarm's leader, Krall, and his crew board the crippled Enterprise, capture and kill many crew members, and recover a relic, the Abronath, that Kirk had recently obtained. Scotty manages to restore enough power for the ship to attempt to flee, but Krall orders his swarm to destroy the Enterprise, and they smash the ship in half. Kirk, having recovered the Abronath, orders the crew to abandon ship, leaving the remains of the Enterprise to crash on Altamid.

text: On the planet, Krall captures Sulu, Uhura and other survivors. Kirk and Pavel Chekov, accompanied by Kalara, locate the Enterprise's saucer section. Realising that Kalara knew they would be attacked, they trick her into revealing herself as Krall's spy. To escape Krall's soldiers, Kirk and Chekov use the ship's thrusters to flip the saucer over, and Kalara is killed in the maneuver. Elsewhere on the planet, Dr. Leonard McCoy and a wounded Spock search for other survivors. Spock explains to McCoy that the tension he witnessed between him and Uhura at Yorktown was due to his intention to leave Starfleet to help the Vulcan survivors, and continue the late Ambassador Spock's work. Jaylah, a scavenger who previously escaped Krall's encampment, rescues Scott and takes him to her makeshift home, the grounded USS Franklin, an early Starfleet vessel reported missing over a century earlier. Scott is reunited with Kirk, Chekov, McCoy and Spock. Threatening to kill the crew, Krall coerces Ensign Syl to hand over the Abronath that she had concealed for Kirk, then uses it on her to demonstrate an ancient bioweapon that can disintegrate any humanoid. With the device complete, Krall intends to kill Yorktown's inhabitants, then use the base to attack the Federation. Kirk and the others free the crew as Krall launches into space with the bioweapon, leading his drones to Yorktown.

text: As the Enterprise survivors power up the Franklin and launch her in pursuit of Krall, they deduce that such a massive swarm must coordinate its attacks via radio signals, specifically on the VHF frequency. Scott transports Spock and McCoy into one of the swarm ships to seize control of it. Matching the swarm's frequency, they jam and disorient the swarm by broadcasting the 1994 song "Sabotage" by the Beastie Boys, destroying almost the entire fleet. Krall and his three surviving ships, one of which contains Spock and McCoy, are chased by the Franklin through Yorktown. The chase ends at the station's headquarters,  where the Franklin's sudden appearance causes the three ships to smash into it. As Krall flees into the starbase, Uhura and Kirk discover from the Franklin's logs that he is actually Balthazar Edison, former captain of the Franklin. A pre-Federation human soldier, Edison rejected the Federation's principles of unity and cooperation with former enemies like the Xindi. When he and his crew were stranded on Altamid by a wormhole, the three survivors used the extinct natives's technology to prolong their lives at the cost of the others, and re-purposed the ancient race's dormant drone workers into the swarm. Thinking the Federation had abandoned them, Edison planned to destroy the Federation and resume galactic conflict. Kirk pursues Edison into Yorktown's ventilation system, where Edison activates the bioweapon. Before it can activate, Kirk ejects it and Edison into space, where the weapon consumes Edison. Using the alien ship they commandeered, Spock and McCoy save Kirk moments before he is also blown into space.

text: In the aftermath, Commodore Paris closes the files of Captain Edison and the USS Franklin crew. Kirk decides to keep his position as the Enterprise's captain; Spock chooses to remain in Starfleet, and begins to renew his relationship with Uhura. On Kirk's recommendation, Jaylah is accepted into Starfleet Academy. As the crew celebrates Kirk's birthday, they watch the construction of their new ship, the USS Enterprise-A—and when the ship is completed, they resume their mission.

text: Cast[edit]

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Chris Pine as Captain James T. Kirk, commanding officer of the USS Enterprise
Zachary Quinto as Commander Spock, first officer and science officer
Karl Urban as Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy, chief medical officer
Simon Pegg as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott, second officer and chief engineer
Zoe Saldana as Lieutenant Nyota Uhura, communications officer
John Cho as Hikaru Sulu, third officer and helmsman
Anton Yelchin as Pavel Chekov, the ship's main navigator
Sofia Boutella as Jaylah, an alien scavenger
Idris Elba as Krall/Balthazar Edison, a powerful mutated alien warlord and the former captain of the USS Franklin
Joe Taslim as Manas/Anderson Le, Krall's henchman and second-in-command
Lydia Wilson as Kalara/Jessica Wolff, Krall's henchwoman and scout

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text: Sara Forsberg as Alien voice-over

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Deep Roy as Keenser, Scotty's diminutive alien assistant
Melissa Roxburgh as Ensign Syl, an alien Enterprise crewmember
Shohreh Aghdashloo as Commodore Paris, commanding officer of Starbase Yorktown
Greg Grunberg as Commander Finnegan, Yorktown first officer
Danny Pudi as Fi'Ja[5]
Kim Kold as Zavanko[5]
Anita Brown as Tyvanna
Doug Jung as Ben
Dan Payne as Wadjet
Shea Whigham as Teenaxi Leader (voice)

text: Jeff Bezos appears as an alien Starfleet crew member.[6]

text: Leonard Nimoy appears in two photo cameos as Spock Prime – individually, and alongside George Takei, Walter Koenig, William Shatner, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, and Nichelle Nichols as the Prime versions of Sulu, Chekov, Kirk, Scott, McCoy, and Uhura, respectively.

text: Production[edit]

text: Development[edit]

text: Abrams returned only as a producer so he could focus on directing Star Wars: The Force Awakens.[7][8][9][10] Writer-producer Roberto Orci was announced as director in May 2014.[11][12] He would have been making his directorial debut.[13] However, in December, Orci's role was also listed as a producer only,[14] with Edgar Wright considered to replace him as director, along with a shortlist of others, including Rupert Wyatt, Morten Tyldum, Daniel Espinosa, Justin Lin and Duncan Jones.[15] Also, Star Trek actor and director Jonathan Frakes expressed interest in the job.[16] At the end of the month, Lin was announced as director of the third installment.[17]

text: Screenplay[edit]

text: In 2013, Orci had begun writing the script with Patrick McKay and J. D. Payne,[18][19] with Payne saying of the script in March, "We really want to get back to the sense of exploration and wonder. The kind of optimistic sense of the future that Star Trek has always kind of had at its core. It's the Chicago Bulls in space, in terms of these people who are all awesome at their job."[20] In January 2015, after Orci's departure as director, Simon Pegg and Doug Jung were hired to rewrite the screenplay,[21] with Pegg saying on the previous draft, Paramount "had a script for Star Trek that wasn't really working for them. I think the studio was worried that it might have been a little bit too Star Trek-y." Pegg had been asked to make the new film "more inclusive", stating that the solution was to "make a western or a thriller or a heist movie, then populate that with Star Trek characters so it's more inclusive to an audience that might be a little bit reticent."[22]

text: Casting[edit]

text: The first film's major cast members signed on for two sequels as part of their original deals.[23] In 2014, early in the film's development, William Shatner said that he was contacted by producer Abrams to see if he would be interested in a possible role, but as the process continued and the script changed hands, the role never materialized.[24][25] Alice Eve was not included in the film despite her character having joined the Enterprise crew at the end of the last installment, because Pegg, in writing the script, did not have anything meaningful for her to do; however, he stressed that Eve could appear in a later installment.[26] Joseph Gatt's cyborg Science Officer 0718 was dropped from the film after a rewrite.[27] In March 2015, Idris Elba was in early talks to play the villain, and he was confirmed for the role in the following months.[28][29] Pegg noted that the villain would be an original one, rather than a known antagonist from past stories in the Star Trek franchise.[30] In April, Sofia Boutella joined the cast in a lead role,[31] and in early July, Deep Roy was confirmed to reprise his role of Keenser.[32] That month, Joe Taslim was added to the cast opposite Elba's villain,[33] and by August, Lydia Wilson joined as well.[34] In March 2016, Shohreh Aghdashloo was cast as Admiral Paris for reshoots on the film.[35]

text: Filming[edit]

text: Principal photography on the film began on June 25, 2015, in Vancouver,[36] and Squamish, British Columbia, after several delays caused by multiple script rejections.[37][38][39][40] Additional filming locations were Seoul, South Korea, and Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[41][42] Principal filming ended on October 15, 2015. In March 2016, production underwent reshoots, with Aghdashloo added to the cast.[35]

text: Music[edit]

text: In August 2015, composer Michael Giacchino confirmed that he would return to write the score.[43] On June 26, 2016, singer Rihanna released a teaser across her social media accounts for a single for the film entitled "Sledgehammer", and the song premiered the following day.

text: Release[edit]

text: The film was released in 2D, RealD3D, IMAX 3D and Barco Escape. In August 2014, it was announced that Paramount had pushed back the release of the film to 2016, for the 50th anniversary celebration of the debut of Gene Roddenberry's original sci-fi series.[44] In December, it was announced that the film was to be released on July 8, 2016.[45] In September 2015, the film's release date was pushed back to July 22, 2016.[46] The film was released in Dolby Cinema format in selected theaters.[47] The film had its Australian premiere in Sydney on July 7.[48]

text: Marketing[edit]

text: A teaser trailer for the film was released on December 14, 2015,[49] and was criticized by some fans for focusing too much on action, and for featuring the Beastie Boys song "Sabotage", which many considered out of place, despite its use in the first film of the rebooted series. Pegg expressed similar thoughts of dissatisfaction with the teaser, saying that he "didn't love it" because "I know there's a lot more to the film." He interpreted the trailer to be a way of the marketing team saying, "Come and see this movie! It's full of action and fun!"[50] A second trailer was released on May 20, 2016, to warmer reviews.[51] A third and final trailer was released on June 27, 2016, featuring Rihanna's single "Sledgehammer".

text: Home media[edit]

text: Star Trek Beyond was released on Digital HD on October 4, 2016,[52] and on Blu-ray and DVD on November 1, 2016.[53]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Box office[edit]

text: Star Trek Beyond underperformed financially at the box office. Scott Mendelson of Forbes observed that one factor contributing to the film's underperformance was its untimely release in a crowded summer in which it was surrounded by other films like Ghostbusters, Jason Bourne and Suicide Squad. He also noted that had Paramount released the film for the Star Trek's 50th anniversary on September 8, the film could have benefited from that occasion, as demonstrated in October 2012 when MGM released the James Bond film Skyfall (which went on to gross over $1 billion)[54] for that series' 50th anniversary.[55][56]

text: Star Trek Beyond grossed $158.8 million in the United States and Canada and $184.6 million in other countries for a worldwide total of $343.5 million, against a production budget of $185 million.[2] It had a global opening of $89.2 million and an IMAX opening of $11.6 million on 571 IMAX screens.[57] Industry analyst Danny Cox had previously estimated that in order for the film to break even, it would have to earn $340–350 million worldwide,[58] and ended losing an estimated $50.5 million.[59]

text: North America[edit]

text: In the United States and Canada, the film was projected to gross $50–60 million in its opening weekend. It opened alongside Ice Age: Collision Course and Lights Out, but critics noted that the film did not face any direct competition with them.[60][61] It opened across 3,928 theaters, of which 391 were IMAX.[62] It made $5.5 million from Thursday previews from 3,100 theaters, an improvement over its two immediate predecessors. Of that, the film grossed $1.1 million on 387 IMAX screens. This includes revenues generated from Wednesday night, when Paramount screened all Star Trek films, which concluded with a 10pm screening of Beyond.[63][64][65][66] On its opening day, it earned $22.5 million, which is the second-biggest among the franchise, only behind Star Trek ($30.9 million), the third-biggest opening day of the summer for a live-action film and the second-biggest opening day of the year for a non-comic book superhero live-action film, behind only The Jungle Book.[67] It earned $59.3 million in its opening weekend, which is the third-biggest debut among the franchise but the lowest of the reboot series (behind Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness for both). Adjusted for inflation, it ranks fourth behind the aforementioned films and Star Trek: First Contact ($60 million).[68] It performed exceptionally well in IMAX making $8.7 million in 387 IMAX screens.[69] The film came in 14% lower than the opening of its immediate predecessor, Star Trek Into Darkness, but box office experts noted that the fall was mild in comparison to other sequels of 2016 and is still considered a hit.[70][71] It dropped precipitously by 69% on its second Friday and was overtaken by newcomer spy film Jason Bourne, earning $6.75 million. By comparison, Star Trek dropped 56% on its first Friday while Star Trek into Darkness fell 53%. However, this was not the worst Friday-to-Friday drop for a Star Trek film, as Star Trek: Nemesis plunged 83% on its second Friday due to negative word-of-mouth and heavy competition from The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.[72]

text: By the second and third weekend following the film's release, box office revenue continued to drop significantly due to the release of competing films like Jason Bourne and Suicide Squad.[73]

text: Outside North America[edit]

text: Internationally, the film received a scattered release pattern and was released across approximately 76 markets.[57][62] It opened in 37 markets in conjunction with its North American release in its first weekend, including in the United Kingdom, Germany and Australia — territories where the franchise has traditionally performed well. It earned a total of $30 million from the said number of markets which is slightly lower than Star Trek Into Darkness' $31.7 million international debut in 2013. Paramount said that the heatwave in Europe negatively impacted the weekend's results. Beyond debuted at first place in 16 of them and recorded the biggest opening weekend ever for the franchise in 17 markets, including Russia, Taiwan and Thailand. It debuted in third place overall at the international box office, behind Skiptrace and The Legend of Tarzan.[57] Beyond set numerous records in IMAX theaters. Led by very strong results in the UK and Russia, it grossed an estimated weekend of $3.2 million on 184 screens besting Star Trek Into Darkness' $2.8 million debut.[57] In its second weekend, it fell drastically by 57% earning $13 million. As a result, it slipped into sixth place at the box office.[74] After fluctuating up and down the charts, it finally topped the international box office in its seventh weekend due to a robust debut in China[75] and remained at the top for the second weekend in a row.[76]

text: The highest international tallies were recorded in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Malta ($6.1 million), South Korea ($5.6 million), Germany ($4.5 million), Russia and the CIS ($3.3 million), Australia ($3 million), France ($2.1 million), Mexico ($1.5 million), Brazil ($1.6 million), Venezuela ($1.4 million) and Taiwan ($1 million).[57][77][75][76] In the United Kingdom, where the performance of the franchise has been consistently solid, it was edged out by the family film The BFG.[57] Its £4.74 million ($6.2 million) opening from 535 theaters is the lowest among the rebooted series and a 31% decline from the £8.43 million ($11 million) opening posted by Star Trek Into Darkness, if previews are deducted. The Guardian cited J. J. Abrams' departure as the director and fans' unenthusiastic response to Idris Elba as the villain (in comparison to Benedict Cumberbatch in Star Trek Into Darkness) as some possible reasons why the film failed to generate lucrative revenue. The site also projected a total gross of around £20 million ($26 million+) for the film.[78]

text: It opened in China on September 2, and earned an estimated $9.30 million on its opening day (representing 66% of the total marketplace), including $370,000 in midnight preview showings which is 160% larger than the opening day of Star Trek Into Darkness[79] and $21.8 million in two days.[80] In total, it had an opening weekend of $31.3 million (per Paramount) and $30.7 million (according to Chinese box office service Ent Group) from 6,259 screens, marking the biggest Star Trek debut in country which is 105% bigger than the opening of Star Trek Into Darkness.[81][75][82] It was the only one of five new releases to make any impression on the chart.[82] It remained at the top of the box office for a second weekend by adding another $10.1 million (according to Chinese data provider Ent Group), or $11.37 million (according to Paramount) from 5,830 locations from Friday to Sunday, a steep decline of 62.6% from its previous weekend.[83][84][85] It fell out of the top 10 in its third weekend,[86] and has grossed a total of $64.2 million there.[87] It is projected the film will end its run there anywhere around $70–100 million,[88][89] a disappointing figure considering the robust marketing effort by investors Alibaba Pictures and Huahua Media. Thus, the film is the second Paramount film to underperform in that corner following Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows in July.[85]

text: In terms of total earnings, its biggest offshore markets are the United Kingdom ($13.3 million), Germany ($8.6 million), Russia and the CIS ($5.5 million) and Australia ($5.2 million).[74] Star Trek Beyond opened in Japan on October 21, where it has earned $4.9 million as of 17 November 2016.[75]

text: Critical response[edit]

text: On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 85% based on 278 reviews, with an average rating of 7/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Star Trek Beyond continues the franchise's post-reboot hot streak with an epic sci-fi adventure that honors the series' sci-fi roots without skimping on the blockbuster action."[90] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 68 out of 100, based on 50 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[91] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A–" on an A+ to F scale, down from the first two films' "A".[92]

text: Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 3 stars out of 4 and said, "Even with its big-screen pyrotechnics and its feature-length running time, Star Trek Beyond plays like an extended version of one of the better episodes from the original series, and I mean that in the best possible way."[93] Scott Collura of IGN awarded the film 8.4/10, describing it as being: "terrific, a fun and exciting entry in the series that balances subtle fan service while also feeling fresh and modern; Star Trek Beyond is the perfect way to celebrate the series’ 50th anniversary."[94] David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter said the screenplay by Simon Pegg and Doug Jung "injects a welcome strain of humor that's true to the original Gene Roddenberry creation, delivering nostalgia without stiff veneration", and went on by saying, "While Beyond won't unseat 1982's thrilling The Wrath of Khan as the gold standard for Star Trek movies, it's a highly entertaining entry guaranteed to give the franchise continuing life."[95] Owen Gleiberman of Variety, in an otherwise positive review, described the film being: "a very familiar, old-fangled, no-mystery structure, and that’s because it’s basically the Star Trek version of an interplanetary action film, with a plot that doesn’t take you to many new frontiers." Furthermore, he called Star Trek Beyond "a somewhat diverting place holder, but one hopes that the next Star Trek movie will have what it takes to boldly go where no Star Trek movie has gone before."[96] Mark Hugues of Forbes said, "Star Trek Beyond is the third-best Star Trek film of all time, creating the sort of emotional connection and familiar, powerful characterizations we loved in the original series while delivering top-notch action and the best Star Trek movie villain since First Contact's Borg Queen."[97]

text: Despite its international success, Star Trek Beyond was met by critics who were less taken with the film. Kyle Smith of the New York Post gave the film 1½ stars out of 4 and he commented that the filmmakers "should have called it Star Trek Into Drowsiness." Smith later added, "Beyond is tepid when it’s trying to be emotional, moronic when it’s trying to be thrilling and unfunny when it’s trying to be non-unfunny. It lacks a storytelling module: Things just click into place when needed, as when Kirk commands Scotty to rev up a busted old spaceship, Scott says it’s impossible, and 14 seconds later everything is ready to rip."[98] James Berardinelli of Reelviews gave 2½ stars out of 4, writing: "Star Trek Beyond is a Star Trek movie, although not an especially good one; The action sequences are frenetic, kinetic, and at times incoherent. This isn’t unexpected; it’s Lin’s trademark. But the plot, credited to Simon Pegg & Doug Jung, is pure Trek. Unfortunately, it’s also instantly forgettable."[99] Dave Robinson of outlet Crash Landed writes that "Star Trek Beyond fails to push beyond its own roots and becomes just another very safe sci-fi popcorn movie in an increasingly crowded market, that will likely have you leaving the theatre feeling exactly as you entered."[100] Chris Nashawaty of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a C+ and wrote, "[w]ith Beyond, it feels like just another summer tentpole with not enough going on underneath the tent."[101]

text: Accolades[edit]

text:
List of awards and nominations

Award

Date of ceremony

Category

Recipient(s)

Result

Ref(s)

Academy Awards

February 26, 2017

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Joel Harlow and Richard Alonzo

Nominated

[102][103]

Critics Choice Awards

December 11, 2016

Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie

Star Trek Beyond

Nominated

[104]

Best Hair and Makeup

Star Trek Beyond

Nominated

Empire Awards

March 19, 2017

Best Make-Up and Hairstyling

Star Trek Beyond

Nominated

[105]

GLAAD Media Award

April 1, 2017

Outstanding Film – Wide Release

Star Trek Beyond

Nominated

[106]

Golden Tomato Awards

January 12, 2017

Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Movie 2016

Star Trek Beyond

5th Place

[107]

Golden Trailer Awards

May 4, 2016

Best Teaser

"Impossible"

Nominated

[108]

Hollywood Music in Media Awards

November 17, 2016

Best Song – Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film

"Sledgehammer" – Sia Furler, Robyn Fenty and Jesse Shatkin

Nominated

[109][110]

Jupiter Awards

March 29, 2017

Best International Actor

Chris Pine

Nominated

[111]

Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards

March 11, 2017

Best Villain

Idris Elba

Nominated

[112]

Favorite Butt-Kicker

Zoe Saldana

Nominated

BFFs (Best Friends Forever)

Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto

Nominated

Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild

February 19, 2017

Feature-Length Motion Picture – Special Make-Up Effects

Joel Harlow and Richard Alonzo

Won

[113]

Saturn Awards

June 28, 2017

Best Science Fiction Film

Star Trek Beyond

Nominated

[114]

Best Actor

Chris Pine

Nominated

Best Supporting Actor

Zachary Quinto

Nominated

Best Make-up

Joel Harlow and Monica Huppert

Won

Teen Choice Awards

July 31, 2016

Choice AnTEENcipated Movie

Star Trek Beyond

Nominated

[115]

Choice Movie Actor: AnTEENcipated

Chris Pine

Nominated

Choice Movie Actress: AnTEENcipated

Zoe Saldana

Nominated

Visual Effects Society

February 7, 2017

Outstanding Model in a Photoreal or Animated Project

Enterprise – Chris Elmer, Andreas Maaninka, Daniel Nicholson and Rhys Salcombe

Nominated

[116]

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text: Sequel[edit]

text: Pine and Quinto have signed contracts to return as Kirk and Spock for a fourth film should one be made.[117] In July 2016, Abrams confirmed plans for a fourth film and stated that Chris Hemsworth would return as Kirk's father, George, whom he played in the prologue of the first film.[118][119] Later that month, Paramount confirmed the return of Hemsworth, as well as most of the Beyond cast, producers Abrams and Lindsey Weber, and writers J. D. Payne and Patrick McKay.[120] That same month, Abrams had said that Chekov would not be recast, after Anton Yelchin died in an accident outside his residence in California.[121]

text: In December 2017, it was revealed that Quentin Tarantino had pitched an idea for a potential Star Trek film to Abrams and Paramount, who were reportedly enthusiastic about the idea. Tarantino was mentioned as a possibility to direct the film if his schedule allowed, and that Abrams and Paramount would attempt to assemble a writer's room to explore the idea.[122] On December 22, writer Mark L. Smith was hired by Paramount and Bad Robot to write a screenplay based on Tarantino's original pitch, with Tarantino still expected to direct.[123]

text: In April 2018, it was announced that two new Star Trek films are in development at Paramount.[124] Later that month, it was announced that S. J. Clarkson will direct the second Star Trek film in development, and that the film will enter production before Tarantino's film. J. D. Payne and Patrick McKay will co-write the screenplay, while Abrams and Lindsey Weber will co-produce the project.[125] In August 2018, however, Pine and Hemsworth walked away from negotiations to star in the film after refusing to take pay cuts as a result of Star Trek Beyond's underperformance.[126]